Can Playa de Palma sink any lower? Disgusting behaviour
Disgusted local residents call for action.
Junior coalition partners in Balearic government want BIG increase in the tourist tax
"Tourist tax should be paid at airports and ports of entrance..."
Too many tourists? Top Spanish resorts ponder action
Junior Balearic government coalition member Mes is calling for fewer tourists.
We shouldn't be going to major international travel fairs, we have enough tourists already
"This summer there were 1.5 million people on the island."
Tourists arriving at a hotel
Tourists arriving at a hotel on Ibiza.
500 people on Magalluf's Calle Punta Ballena over the weekend
The police and the Guardia Civil had to deal with a crowd of some 500 people on Magalluf's Calle Punta Ballena.
Spotlight On Soller
The party returns to the Valley
Sollerics love a good party and have learnt to adapt in Covid times.
Holiday season
“A tourist season without millions of tourist would have been unthinkable...”
Magalluf
Fight breaks out between two groups of tourists in Punta Ballena
Glasses, bottles, chairs and tables were thrown.
Environment
Frustration at accumulations of algae on Es Trenc beach
Users are arriving to discover vast accumulations of algae that isn't being cleared.
Beaches
S'Illot has lost fifty per cent of beachgoers
The reason lies with the disastrous flood last October and, more recently, stormy conditions in April.
Tourist blues
We can forget all this nonsense about too many tourists...we have too few at the moment.
Tourism
Balearics holiday reservations down over two per cent
Tourist numbers will be similar to those in 2018.
- Spain at boiling point over eggs!
- Now there's a proposal for a fifteen-year residency requirement to buy a home in the Balearics
- A Good Friday. Britain's biggest cruise ship heads for Palma for Easter
- Ryanair launches subscription that waives fees for reserved seats and insurance
- The Mallorcan town with the longest name: it contains 21 letters and has a population of 9,227
Comment
How sustainable are you?
If you are a tourist, here are some questions for you.
Andrew Ede07/10/2021 11:48